Medley: Dublin/Nelson's Farewell-The Dubliners

[ti:Medley: Dublin/Nelson's Farewell] [ar:The Dubliners] [al:The Transatlantic Anthology] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Medley: Dublin/Nelson's Farewell - The Dubliners [01:18.23]Oh poor old Admiral Nelson is no longer in the air [01:22.59] [01:23.73]Toora loora loora loora loo [01:25.60] [01:28.20]On the eighth day of March in Dublin City fair [01:32.42] [01:33.39]Toora loora loora loora loo [01:35.19] [01:37.72]From his stand of stones and mortar [01:40.28]He fell crashing through the quarter [01:42.74]Where once he stood so stiff and proud and rude [01:45.85] [01:47.31]So let's sing our celebration [01:49.14] [01:49.81]It's a service to the nation [01:51.59] [01:52.14]So poor old Admiral Nelson toora loo [01:55.35] [01:56.96]Oh fifty pounds of gelignite it sped him on his way [02:01.05] [02:01.97]Toora loora loora loora loo [02:03.78] [02:06.44]And the lad that laid the charge we're in debt to him today [02:10.24] [02:10.98]Toora loora loora loora loo [02:12.95] [02:15.52]In Trafalgar Square it might be fair [02:18.19]To leave old Nelson standing there [02:20.42]But no one tells the Irish what they'll view [02:23.46] [02:24.73]Now the Dublin Corporation [02:27.22]Can stop deliberation [02:29.49]For the boys of Ireland showed them what to do [02:32.47] [02:34.15]For a hundred and fifty-seven years it stood up there in state [02:38.18] [02:39.00]Toora loora loora loora loo [02:40.95] [02:43.30]To mark old Nelson's victory o'er the French and Spanish fleet [02:47.14] [02:47.96]Toora loora loora loora loo [02:50.69] [02:52.31]But one-thirty in the morning [02:53.99] [02:54.68]Without a bit of warning [02:56.31] [02:56.89]Old Nelson took a powder and he blew [03:00.24] [03:01.44]Now at last the Irish nation [03:03.78]Has Parnell in higher station [03:05.83]Than poor old Admiral Nelson toora loo [03:08.61] [03:10.34]Oh the Russians and the Yanks with lunar probes they play [03:14.09] [03:15.04]Toora loora loora loora loo [03:17.09] [03:19.13]And I hear the French are trying hard to make up lost headway [03:23.07] [03:23.85]Toora loora loora loora loo [03:26.58] [03:27.95]But now the Irish join the race [03:30.29]We have an astronaut in space [03:32.52]Ireland boys is now a world power too [03:35.29] [03:36.33]So let's sing our celebration [03:37.96] [03:38.66]It's a service to the nation [03:40.83]So poor old Admiral Nelson toora loo